My quest for a new calendar

When I was a kid, we used to get calendars from Santa Claus. Now, Santa Claus doesn't visit this grown up, and if he did, he knows that calendars are half off after Christmas, so the fun of opening one under the tree gives way to the fun of saving 50%.

I recently started my search for a great wall calendar. The criteria:

• A monthly view so I can organize the family's activities at a glance
• Attractive
• Somewhat entertaining

Not a lot to ask. I started out looking for a calendar from one of my favorite stationery companies- MikWright. You have probably seen these cards around and they are so stinking funny. They use old family photos with hilarious quips inside.

For instance,

Inside:

yet another satisfied customer from connie's cut and curl;

where they say... "if your hair isn't becoming to you, you should be coming to us."

Or this one:

Inside:

"She ain't heavy, she's my sister."

I had a calendar from MikWright and loved it, however, when I looked for a 2010 one, they were nowhere to be found. Meaning, not in the Borders I was in.

Here's a 2009 one so you know how cute they are.

So, no MikWright for me this year.

I moved onto Nuns.

 I took this to a calendar party once and it was a hit!

But, then I found the Crown Jewel.

This year, the calendar I purchased is based on one of my favorite blogs. I don't frequent it as much as I would like, but every time I do, I laugh out loud. I am not talking about a little "LOL" people, but a true out loud laugh, and sometimes even tears are involved. In fact, I wrote about it way back when in 2009...

http://cometogethercards.blogspot.com/2009/06/kind-of-laughing-where-tears-are.html

Have you seen this site? Hi-larious. And now I have the calendar to boot!

I will let you know if my laughter translates to organization.